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Phoenotopia: Awakening cover art

Phoenotopia: Awakening

Cape Cosmic · 2021-01-21

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 02, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 01, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 25, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 25, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 21, 2021 (Mac)

Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.

29
playing now
83%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Phoenotopia: Awakening is a 2020 action-adventure game developed and published by Cape Cosmic. It was released on Nintendo Switch in 2020, and later on Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in 2021.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 207 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 58k–130k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,887 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
Steam$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at GOG (2026-03-05) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 35 of 55 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10910920212026Week of 2021-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2972026-08-12 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 19 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 01:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992021-01-212026-08-302021-01-21 — best price $17.992021-07-19 — best price $14.992021-10-27 — best price $14.992021-12-13 — best price $14.992022-02-21 — best price $19.992022-05-12 — best price $19.992022-08-02 — best price $19.992022-10-27 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $9.992023-02-09 — best price $19.992023-04-04 — best price $7.992023-06-03 — best price $19.992023-07-26 — best price $19.992023-10-02 — best price $7.992023-11-04 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-14 — best price $7.992024-03-20 — best price $7.992024-05-10 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $6.992024-08-15 — best price $6.992024-10-08 — best price $19.992024-11-18 — best price $6.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-01 — best price $19.992025-04-15 — best price $6.992025-05-21 — best price $6.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-22 — best price $6.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-24 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-05 — best price $4.992026-04-14 — best price $4.992026-06-01 — best price $4.992026-07-21 — best price $4.992026-08-18 — best price $4.992026-08-28 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5952026-05-31 — 11 pageviews2026-06-03 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-09 — 13 pageviews2026-06-12 — 18 pageviews2026-06-15 — 16 pageviews2026-06-18 — 12 pageviews2026-06-21 — 16 pageviews2026-06-24 — 59 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-03 — 16 pageviews2026-07-06 — 12 pageviews2026-07-09 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-15 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 14 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 16 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 24 pageviews2026-08-23 — 15 pageviews2026-08-26 — 29 pageviews2026-08-28 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
45.2%
earned "Starting Arsenal"
16.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7374%33
PS4 (PlayStation)12518%34
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)5110%33
Switch (Nintendo)420%0
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCuteJRPGActionCombatSci-fiFantasyFishingAdventurePlatformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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